title: Consider this strategy for upper GI bleeds.
abstract: Patients with acute upper GI bleed are less likely to experience adverse events--and more likely to survive--when their care is governed by a restrictive transfusion policy.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frazer
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirley
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevermer
mesh_terms: D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins